Joint ACLU-Center for Reproductive Rights Statement at the 51st Session of the UN Human Rights Council

On Monday, October 3rd, the ACLU and Center for Reproductive Rights jointly delivered a video statement during the 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council, specifically the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent (UN WGEPAD) interactive discussion. The statement highlighted the absence of reproductive justice for Black women in the U.S. family regulation system. Federal laws facilitate forcible removal of Black children from their mothers, intrusive and disruptive intervention into Black families, and the unjustified legal termination of Black children’s familial rights.